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Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry but there are no other means of airing this issue.

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I cannot believe the Ceann Comhairle has suggested parliamentary questions.

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: With respect, I fully agree that we must have order. Part of that order is that when we put down a parliamentary question it is treated with respect and we receive an answer.

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: It will either happen or it will not happen, but I will no longer tolerate it. I hate to be a nuisance to the Ceann Comhairle.

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: And I am sure the Ceann Comhairle hates to be a nuisance to me. The fact of the matter is that we cannot go on like this. I am asking the Fine Gael Party Whip and the Labour Party Whip to deal with this issue in the only way that remains available to them. We must make sure to secure our rights now-----

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I have come to my wits' end in regard to the refusal by the Minister for Health and Children to answer pertinent questions.

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Either the Ceann Comhairle recognises that-----

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: -----and conveys it to the powers that be-----

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I have waited four months to receive a reply to a parliamentary question. Is the Chair telling me I must wait another four months?

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: The Chair would be right to do so; I am as useful outside the House as in it because I cannot get any answers here. First, yesterday, the Financial Services Ombudsman indicated that the Department of Finance was supportive of his request to name financial institutions which abuse their customers and fail to give them their proper rights. That does not appear to be on the Government's list of...

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: A Cheann Comhairle,-----

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: -----I support Deputy Higgins in that regard.

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I concur with my colleague on that. I will liaise with the Ceann Comhairle's office as well.

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: There are a number of what I would regard as evolutions whereby the Standing Orders interpreted ten or 15 years ago have changed.

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I think so. That would be right.

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for his clarification. I would be very willing to help the Ceann Comhairle to ensure-----

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I can assure the Ceann Comhairle, as we well know, very little of it is in the hands of the Members.

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: The whole country is asking questions.